1915 news items tagged DIGITIMES
China small- to mid-size AMOLED capacity to surge 59% CAGR 2018-2022, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 21 February 2019Aggregate production capacity for small- to medium-size AMOLED panels at China makers is expected to expand at a CAGR of 59.4% from 2018-2022, according to Digitimes Research.
China smartphone AP shipments to drop 25% in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 20 February 2019Smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to China vendors in fourth-quarter 2018 declined 10% on quarter with system manufacturers adjusting shipment targets downward. As system...
Top-5 notebook vendors see shipments fall 21% in January, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 20 February 2019The top-5 notebook brands saw better-than-expected results with combined shipments falling 21% on month in January 2019, as the market has entered the slow season in the first quarter,...
Taiwan small- to mid-size panel shipments to decline in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 19 February 2019Shipments of small- to medium-size LCD panels by Taiwan makers are expected to decline 11.6% sequentially and 28.5% on year in the first quarter of 2019, according to Digitimes Res...
Taiwan large-size panel shipments to drop 8% in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 19 February 2019Shipments of large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LCD panels by Taiwan-based makers (excluding Sharp) reached 62.38 million units in the fourth quarter of 2018, down 3.7% sequentially,...
Global notebook shipments to fall 13% in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Friday 15 February 2019Worldwide notebook shipments are forecast to decrease only 12.9% sequentially in the first quarter of 2019 as vendors are still seeing some unfulfilled demand created by the CPU shortages...
Worldwide AIO PC shipments slip in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Friday 15 February 2019Because of Intel CPU shortages and the US-China trade tensions, worldwide all-in-one (AIO) PC shipments in 2018 slipped slightly from a year ago, according to Digitimes Research.
China smartphone shipments to drop 8% in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 14 February 2019China-based vendors' smartphone shipments are expected to fall 8.2% on year to below 140 million units in the first quarter of 2019, as exports will slow down due to seasonality and...
Shipments of 3D sensing-enabled Android smartphones to boom, says Digitimes Research
Wednesday 13 February 2019Shipments of Android-based smartphones featuring 3D sensing technology are set to boom in 2019, propelled by the increasing adoption of back-end time-of-flight (ToF) sensor solutions,...
China smartphone market to continue contracting in 1Q19, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 12 February 2019Smartphone shipments in the China market are forecast to continue to fall over 10% on-year to below 80 million in the first quarter of 2019 following an around 20% decline in fourth-quarter...
Global smartphone AP shipments to fall for 2nd consecutive year in 2019, says Digitimes Research
Friday 1 February 2019Worldwide shipments of smartphone application processors are expected to fall for the second consecutive year in 2019, as the outlook for the segment has weakened by uncertainty over...
BOE to lead in China smartphone panel sector, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 29 January 2019BOE Technology, which has adopted an aggressive strategy by foraying into the flexible AMOLED panel sector and stopping further investment in LTPS TFT LCD technology, is likely to...
AR/VR spearheading into niche application markets, says Digitimes Research
Monday 28 January 2019VR applications are spearheading into the fields such as sports tournaments and concerts, despite a recent setback in IMAX's announcement that it plans to close all of its IMAX VR...
Samsung Display set to roll out QD-OLED TV panels, says Digitimes Research
Monday 28 January 2019Samsung Display will try to make a comeback to the OLED TV market by rolling out QD-OLED (quantum dot-OLED) panels to enable the parent company Samsung Electronics to compete effectively...
AI-based medical image interpretation sector in China consolidating
Wednesday 23 January 2019Over 120 startup businesses developing AI-based solutions of interpreting medical images for diagnosis have been established in China since 2014, but no more than 20 of them remain...
Japan to kick off 5G commercial pre-service in 2019
Wednesday 23 January 2019Japan is pushing its development of 5G networks at full throttle, with its top-three telecom operators - NTT Docomo, KDDI au and SoftBank - set to kick off 5G commercial pre-service...
Tianma ranks top LTPS panel supplier in China, says Digitimes Research
Tuesday 22 January 2019Tainma Microelectronics has come out as the top vendor of LTPS TFT LCD panel maker in China thanks to its early deployment in the segment and the ramp-up of related production capacity,...
Taiwan LCD driver IC production value increases 17% in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Monday 21 January 2019Taiwan's production value of LCD driver ICs is expected to grow 17% on year in the fourth quarter of 2018 driven by rising unit shipments and prices propelled by growing demand for...
Large-size 8K, OLED, gaming displays gaining momentum, says Digitimes Research
Friday 18 January 2019Large-size 8K TV, OLED and gaming display applications were the main focus of CES 2019, with a number of 8K TVs showcased by TV vendors likely to be commercialized in 2019, Digitimes...
Cellular LPWAN connections growing robustly, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 17 January 2019The market of low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) expanded robustly in 2018 with its global connections growing 109% on year to 78.9 million units last year, driven by a solid expansion...
Qualcomm upbeats about mmWave technology, says Digitimes Research
Monday 14 January 2019As millimeter wave (mmWave) is likely to serve as the first frontier technology to mobilize Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) applications in the 5G commercial market from 2019-2020,...
Global NOR flash output value drops 7% in 4Q18, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 10 January 2019Global NOR flash production value fell 7% sequentially and 14% on year in the fourth quarter of 2018, due to price falls for mid- and low-density chips and impact of lingering US-China...
South Korea aims at 12,000 smart factories in 2020
Monday 24 December 2018The South Korea government has cooperated with the private sector to boost upgrading of manufacturing industries and aims to increase the number of smart factories from about 5,000...
Micro LED likely to become mainstream technology for AR glasses, says Digitimes Research
Monday 24 December 2018While a number of technologies, including LCoS, laser projection, AMOLED, are considered suitable for producing display products for AR (augmented reality) glasses that should be...
Digitimes Research worldwide notebook shipment update – November 2018
Thursday 20 December 2018The top-5 notebook brands' combined shipments grew 4% on month, but went down 11% on year in November, despite the month being a traditional strong season. Intel's CPU shortages and...

Digitimes president Colley Hwang delivers a talk on how the ultra mobile eco-system can recreate Taiwan's IT industries
Photo: Digitimes, Tuesday 10 July 2012

Colley Hwang, president of Digitimes, speaking at Microsoft's 20 years anniversary
Photo: Terry Ku, Digitimes, Tuesday 5 January 2010